Ronny Chieng Teaches You About K-Pop

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

News, Daily News, Comedy

4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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The signature elements of K-Pop? Next level dance choreography and being Asian. Ronny Chieng digs into how K-Pop is used to boost Korea's cultural profile and economy, and its worldwide impact today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central!
0:02.6	BAM!
0:03.6	Alright, alright, settle down everyone.
0:11.5	Because today we're learning about something that's blowing up all over the world.
0:14.9	No, not climate change.
0:15.9	Okay, I don't teach boring stuff in this classroom.
0:18.6	I'm talking about K-pop.
0:20.2	It's why your cousins only speak Korean more fluently than English.
0:23.9	And believe it or not, K-pop used to be something that only Koreans knew about.
0:28.9	The rest of the world wasn't always into it.
0:31.2	Like how there was a time when white people didn't know about yoga.
0:34.1	The first group to really break through internationally was the Kim sisters.
0:38.6	Sukja, Ejah, and Minja started singing as children during the Korean War for American
0:43.2	GIs.
0:44.2	They sang, they danced, and they played 20 instruments.
0:47.7	I can't even name 20 instruments.
0:51.4	Saxophone, uh...
0:54.8	In 1959, they got a contract to perform in Vegas.
0:58.0	That Sullivan was taping a show there and they managed to book a performance on the show.
1:02.1	There was such a hit that got asked back 20 more times.
1:05.5	Do you know how great you have to be to get asked back to anything 20 times?
1:10.0	I don't even get invited to join LinkedIn that much.
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